PLANO - The Plano City Planning and Zoning Commission has approved the first phase of the Legacy West development on the Dallas North Tollway.

The first 35.4-acre phase of the $2 billion project will start in February, according to developer Fehmi Karahan.

Included in the first phase will be 784 luxury apartments, 280,000 sf of retail and 260,000 sf of office space. It also includes a 300-room, $82 million Renaissance Hotel that will be built on Legacy Dr. just west of the tollway.

All of this development is in the same area where Toyota Motor Corp. will build its new North American headquarters campus.